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No way to turn off iMazing
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You can save iMazing backups to an external drive. That is what I do. I also make sure the backups are done manually instead of automatically over Wifi, as that is one of the iMazing options.
It sounds like possible user error problems.
Might try to delete iMazing via something like AppCleaner to get a clean slate and re-install. You might have a bad corrupt or incorrect permission configuration file(s) causing things to not stick.
Why is iMazing needed? If just backups, never needed.
But, iMazing is useful for restoring a device in a less all-or-nothing manner. Extracting information/files that might be "lost" due to bugs/crashes in an app or it is no longer supported by the vendor. Deleted text message thread recovery or printing seems to be a popular option, judging by some of the threads on the board.
I use it to poke around my Finder/iTunes backups, mainly to see if something was backed up (curiosity sake and to know if I really need to make sure I have a copy of something somewhere else in certain specific cases).
Why is iMazing needed? If just backups, never needed.
But, iMazing is useful for restoring a device in a less all-or-nothing manner. Extracting information/files that might be "lost" due to bugs/crashes in an app or it is no longer supported by the vendor. Deleted text message thread recovery or printing seems to be a popular option, judging by some of the threads on the board.
I use it to poke around my Finder/iTunes backups, mainly to see if something was backed up (curiosity sake and to know if I really need to make sure I have a copy of something somewhere else in certain specific cases).
Hi! Gregorio here, team lead at iMazing. Am sorry it took me so long to notice your post - we were all very busy with our 2.14 release and its Pegasus spyware detection tool.
Answers! First, the easiest one:
2. iMazing should respect your backup frequency setting. As others pointed out, please get in touch at https://imazing.com/contact with details, our tech support team will investigate. Definitely not expected behaviour, and not something we hear from other users or have reproduces internally.
Then, the interesting one:
1. You do not NEED iMazing. If you're happy with iCloud / iTunes / Finder, that's perfectly OK! We specialise on extending Apple's ecosystem, especially in terms of local device management. What do iMazing backups bring to the table? That's easier to answer:
- A fully fledged versioning engine which lets you keep dozens of snapshots of your backups at a fraction of the disk usage
- A backup contents browser which lets you browse and retrieve just about anything from all those snapshots (photos, messages, attachments, notes, contacts, bookmarks, events, app files, voice memos, voicemail...)
- The ability to pick your backup location
- Flat and simple better error reporting when things go wrong
Does newer versions of imazing support mojave?Hi! Gregorio here, team lead at iMazing. Am sorry it took me so long to notice your post - we were all very busy with our 2.14 release and its Pegasus spyware detection tool.
Answers! First, the easiest one:
2. iMazing should respect your backup frequency setting. As others pointed out, please get in touch at https://imazing.com/contact with details, our tech support team will investigate. Definitely not expected behaviour, and not something we hear from other users or have reproduces internally.
Then, the interesting one:
1. You do not NEED iMazing. If you're happy with iCloud / iTunes / Finder, that's perfectly OK! We specialise on extending Apple's ecosystem, especially in terms of local device management. What do iMazing backups bring to the table? That's easier to answer:
That's just backups. iMazing offers a ton more! Sure, all of that is just icing on the cake. You don't 'need' it. But one day, it may save your *@/, and maybe that day you'll leave a glowing review on our Trustpilot
- A fully fledged versioning engine which lets you keep dozens of snapshots of your backups at a fraction of the disk usage
- A backup contents browser which lets you browse and retrieve just about anything from all those snapshots (photos, messages, attachments, notes, contacts, bookmarks, events, app files, voice memos, voicemail...)
- The ability to pick your backup location
- Flat and simple better error reporting when things go wrong
Absolutely, we support macOS all the way back to 10.10 (with a few caveats if you're going so far back).
I know this is extremely off topic, so I apologize, but does iMazing support importing music from iTunes to an iPod classic 6th gen? My iPod is no longer connecting to iTunes in Big Sur and syncing through the finder does not sync my whole library.
Again, sorry for being off topic.
No problem at all. We don't support pushing music to the iPod classic, only to iPod touch I'm afraid.
So, if I had an iPod Touch I could import all my music from iTunes? Also, with the import, does it check for differences or is it simply a mass import? Thank you again for your reply!
You can push your iTunes library to the iPod touch, sure. Per file or in a big batch, it's up to you. Have a look at this article: https://imazing.com/guides/how-to-t...r-pc-computer-to-an-iphone-ipad-or-ipod-touch
Try a few tracks first in trial mode, see how it works for you. And if you have any questions, our support channel is here to help: https://imazing.com/contact
Last but not least, let's keep this forum clean, the rules explicitly mention that it shouldn't turn into a support channel for 3rd party apps. Thanks!
Try a few tracks first in trial mode, see how it works for you. And if you have any questions, our support channel is here to help: https://imazing.com/contact
Last but not least, let's keep this forum clean, the rules explicitly mention that it shouldn't turn into a support channel for 3rd party apps. Thanks!
I finally gave up on iMazing. Why? Because whenever I'm away from home for a few days, my iPhone and iPad stop backing up with iMazing. (Finder iCloud backups continue.) According to iMazing this is because the devices become unpaired and must be "forgotten" and paired again. Here's what iMazing support said:
"Unfortunately, there's not much we can do regarding this, since the pairing is mostly handled from the iOS side of it. We, of course, are doing everything we can to make the connection last longer, and be stronger, however often if your device isn't connected to the computer after a few days, your device will automatically remove the pairing records. "
This in spite of the fact that the iMazing manual says:
"Once paired, your computer can access your device via USB and Wi-Fi. Your device remains paired to your computer until you unpair it.:
This is obviously not the case and contradicts what iMazing support said.
In any event, having to "forget" and "pair" several times a month got to be too much hassle for me.
I'll rely on Finder iCloud backups.
"Unfortunately, there's not much we can do regarding this, since the pairing is mostly handled from the iOS side of it. We, of course, are doing everything we can to make the connection last longer, and be stronger, however often if your device isn't connected to the computer after a few days, your device will automatically remove the pairing records. "
This in spite of the fact that the iMazing manual says:
"Once paired, your computer can access your device via USB and Wi-Fi. Your device remains paired to your computer until you unpair it.:
This is obviously not the case and contradicts what iMazing support said.
In any event, having to "forget" and "pair" several times a month got to be too much hassle for me.
I'll rely on Finder iCloud backups.
My experience is the reverse. iMazing is a completely reliable means of backing up the phone for me, while (of course, being Apple) iCloud backups are completely unreliable. I bought the 99c plan so I could play with iCloud backup, but I would never trust it for anything.
iMazing runs on my iMac, which may go a week without being used. It CCC's itself every night at 2 am, so it wakes up. iMazing backs the phone up at that time. When I *do* wake up the computer and log back in, I will get multiple "backup completed" messages. I can look in the backup folder and see the backups.
Of course, the phone is not authoritative for anything. But having the backup means it's easier to put the phone back together if something were to happen.
I wish iMazing was as reliable for me as it is for you. I have my iMac set up to never sleep. It performs CCC backups every night. It also runs various launchd jobs 24/7. And, yes, when I'm home, iMazing is reliable. But as soon as I'm away from home for a few days my iPhone and iPad become unpaired, have to be "forgotten" in iMazing and then paired again. I just got tired of having to do this all the time.